Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
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Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a green microalga. The unicellular and genetically modifiable organism posses several characteristics making it an interesting model organism for synthetic biology.
- Inexpensive & easy cultivation
- Phototrophic
- Enviromental-safe
- Two expression compartments (nucleus & chloroplast)
- Post-translational modification
- one organism = single cell
Fig. 1. Raster electron microscope image of C. reinhardtii
Fig. 2. Schematic overview of C. reinhardtii
References
[1] Harris, E. H. (2001). "CHLAMYDOMONAS AS A MODEL ORGANISM." Annu Rev Plant Physiol Plant Mol Biol 52: 363-406.
[2] Sasso, S., et al. (2018). "From molecular manipulation of domesticated Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to survival in nature." eLife 7: e39233.